here's an idea, Why not have a tab of the most successful creatures, like for example, when a player saves their game, a copy of the various creatures in that game are evaluated, and the most successful(has a complex neural architecture, the payer has boosted them or its just the most functional...
This game is something of a dream come true, and to be honest, I'm glad I am supporting the devs. That being said, id love to see modding tools being made available, I think the community would come up with some truly alien worlds and and creatures.